Study it in the app“Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of the Messiah, greets you, always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.”
Epaphras,Ἐπαφρᾶςwho isὁone ofἐξyou,ὑμῶνa slaveδοῦλοςof the Messiah,Χριστοῦgreetsἀσπάζεταιyou,ὑμᾶςalwaysπάντοτεstrugglingἀγωνιζόμενοςon behalf ofὑπὲρyouὑμῶνinἐνhis prayers,ταῖς προσευχαῖςso thatἵναyou may standσταθῆτεmatureτέλειοιandκαὶfully assuredπεπληροφορημένοιinἐνallπαντὶthe willθελήματιof God.τοῦ θεοῦ
Epaphras
Epaphras: a believer from Colossae who brought them the good news.
Where else “Epaphras” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “doulos” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearsgreet
To greet.
Where else “aspazetai” appearsalways
Always.
Where else “pantote” appearsfight, strive
Strive, struggle, fight.
Where else “agōnizomenos” appearsprayer
Talking with God, asking him.
Where else “proseuchais” appearsstand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “stathēte” appearsmature
Grown-up, fully developed.
Where else “teleioi” appearsfully convince
To hold a firm certainty, with no doubt at all.
Where else “peplērophorēmenoi” appearswill
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēmati” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsMany manuscripts read “of the Messiah Jesus.”
11and Jesus who is called Justus. These are of the circumcision; these alone are fellow workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.
12 · This verse (above)
13For I testify about him that he has much labor for you and for those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.
